Deaths in January 2011

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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2011.

January 2011

31

• Hernán Alvarado Solano, 65, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (since 2001). [1]
• Bartolomeu Anania, 89, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Cluj-Napoca, Alba Iulia, Crişana and Maramureş (since 1993). [2]
• Raymond Challinor, 81, British historian. [3]
• Nikolay Dorizo, 87, Russian poet. [4] (Russian)
• Zilpha Grant, 91, British Olympic swimmer. [5]
• Charles Kaman, 91, American aeronautical engineer, founder of Kaman Aircraft and Ovation Guitar Company. [6]
• Nildo Parente, 74, Brazilian actor, stroke. [7] (Portuguese)
• Mark Ryan, 51, British musician (Adam and the Ants). [8]
• Eunice Sanborn, 114, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person at time of her death. [9]
• Charles Sellier, 67, American film and television producer (The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams). [10]
• Michael Tolan, 85, American actor (The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Mary Tyler Moore Show), heart disease and renal failure. [11]
• Norman Uprichard, 82, British footballer. [12]
• Doc Williams, 96, American country music performer. [13]

30

• John Barry, 77, British film score composer (From Russia with Love, Chaplin, Out of Africa), five-time Academy Award winner, heart attack. [14]
• Ajahn Maha Bua, 97, Thai Buddhist monk. [15] (Thai)
• J. Elliott Burch, 86, American hall of fame racehorse trainer, pneumonia. [16]
• Bernard O'Brien, 96, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1965–1980). [17]
• Ian R. Porteous, 80, British mathematician. [18]
• Hisaye Yamamoto, 89, American author. [19]

29

• Milton Babbitt, 94, American composer. [20]
• Zahra Bahrami, 46, Dutch-Iranian protestor and convicted drug trafficker, execution by hanging. [21]
• José Llopis Corona, 92, Spanish footballer. [22]
• Le Hoang Hung, 50, Vietnamese journalist, burned. [23]
• Bruce Jackson, 62, American audio engineer, plane crash. [24]
• Loreen Rice Lucas, 96, Canadian author. [25]
• Hemayel Martina, 20, Curaçaon poet, complications of car accident. [26] (Dutch)
• Raymond McClean, 78, Irish politician and doctor, Mayor of Derry (1973–1974). [27]
• Emilio Ogñénovich, 88, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján (1982–2000). [28]
• Nora Sun, 72, Chinese-born American diplomat, businesswoman and author, granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen, injuries from car crash. [29]
• Dorothy Thompson, 87, British social historian. [30]
• Emanuel Vardi, 95, Israeli-born American violist, cancer. [31]
• Liza Vorfi, 86, Albanian stage actress, after long illness. [32] (Albanian)
• Norman Wilkinson, 79, English football player. [33]

28

• Hamida Barmaki, 40, Afghan law professor and human rights activist, suicide bomb attack. [34]
• Ken Carpenter, 84, American football player (Cleveland Browns). [35]
• Raymond Cohen, 91, British violinist. [36]
• Karen Cromie, 31, British Paralympian, suicide. [37]
• Sushil Kumar Dhara, 99, Indian revolutionary. [38]
• Dariush Homayoon, 82, Iranian politician and journalist, Minister of Information and Tourism (1977–1978). [39]
• Megan McNeil, 20, Canadian singer, adrenal cancer. [40]
• Dame Margaret Price, 69, British soprano, heart failure. [41]

27

• Charlie Callas, 83, American comedian and actor (Silent Movie, Switch). [42]
• Liana Dumitrescu, 38, Romanian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (since 2004), stroke. [43] (Romanian)
• Johanne Dybwad, 92, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier. [44] (Norwegian)
• William L. Eagleton, 84, American diplomat. [45]
• Mārtiņš Freimanis, 33, Latvian musician (F.L.Y.) and actor, performed at Eurovision Song Contest 2003, influenza. [46] (Latvian)
• Boyd Kirkland, 60, American animation producer and director, Mormon missionary, pulmonary fibrosis. [47]
• Vaughn Mancha, 89, American football player (Boston Yanks), heart failure. [48]
• Svein Mathisen, 58, Norwegian footballer (IK Start), cancer. [49] (Norwegian)
• Diana Norman, 77, British author and journalist. [50]
• Don Rondo, 81, American singer ("White Silver Sands"), lung cancer. [51]
• Tøger Seidenfaden, 53, Danish newspaper editor-in-chief (Politiken), cancer. [52]
• Guy Velella, 66, American politician and ex-convict, New York State Assemblyman (1973–1982) and State Senator (1986–2004), lung cancer. [53]

26

• Robert Crook, 81, American politician, member of the Mississippi State Senate (1964–1992). [54]
• John Herbert, 81, Brazilian actor, emphysema. [55] (Portuguese)
• Gladys Horton, 65, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes), complications from a stroke. [56]
• David Kato, 46, Ugandan gay rights activist, bludgeoned with hammer. [57]
• R. F. Langley, 72, British poet and diarist. [58]
• Charlie Louvin, 83, American country music singer (The Louvin Brothers), pancreatic cancer. [59]
• Shawn McGrath, 34, American professional wrestler, suicide. [60]
• María Mercader, 92, Spanish actress. [61] (Spanish)
• Eddie Mordue, 83, British saxophonist. [62]
• Tore Sjöstrand, 89, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) athlete. [63] (Swedish)

25

• Daniel Bell, 91, American sociologist. [64]
• Vincent Cronin, 86, British writer. [65]
• Bill Holden, 82, English footballer. [66]
• Arto Javanainen, 51, Finnish ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins), after long illness. [67] (Finnish)

24

• Alec Boden, 85, Scottish footballer (Celtic). [68]
• Bernd Eichinger, 61, German film producer and director (The NeverEnding Story), heart attack. [69]
• David Frye, 77, American satirist and Richard Nixon impersonator, cardiopulmonary arrest. [70]
• Phil Gallie, 71, British politician, MP for Ayr (1992–1997), MSP for South of Scotland (1999–2007). [71]
• Barrie Lee Hall, Jr., 61, American jazz trumpeter and band leader (Duke Ellington). [72]
• Bhimsen Joshi, 88, Indian musician, Bharat Ratna laureate. [73]
• Francisco Mata, 78, Venezuelan folk singer and composer. [74] (Spanish)
• Jack Matheson, 86, Canadian sports journalist. [75]
• Samuel Ruiz, 86, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (1959–2000). [76] (Spanish)
• Chief White Eagle, 93, Canadian-born American Mohawk actor and stuntman. [77]
• Anna Yablonskaya, 29, Ukrainian playwright, bombing. [78] (Russian)

23

• Ed Dyas, 71, American football player (Auburn Tigers), member of the College Football Hall of Fame, stomach cancer. [79]
• Peter Gibb, 56, Australian criminal, heart attack. [80]
• Ole Kopreitan, 73, Norwegian political activist. [81] (Norwegian)
• Jack LaLanne, 96, American fitness and nutritional expert, pneumonia. [82]
• Poppa Neutrino, 77, American adventurer, crossed Atlantic Ocean on raft made of discarded material, heart failure. [83]
• Louise Raggio, 91, American lawyer. [84]
• Novica Tadić, 62, Yugoslavian poet. [85] (Serbian)

22

• Virgil Akins, 82, American boxer, world welterweight champion (1958). [86]
• Solange Bertrand, 97, French artist. [87] (French)
• Sir Chandos Blair, 91, British army general. [88]
• Ralph Felton, 78, American football player (Washington Redskins). [89]
• Aslam Khokhar, 91, Pakistani cricketer. [90]
• Park Wan-suh, 79, South Korean novelist, cancer. [91] (German)
• René Piché, 79, Canadian politician. [92]
• Bobby Poe, 77, American pop singer, songwriter and promoter, blood clot. [93]
• William Schreyer, 83, American business executive, Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch (1985–1993). [94]
• Lois Smith, 81, Canadian dancer (National Ballet of Canada). [95]
• Tullia Zevi, 91, Italian journalist and politician, leader of the Italian Jewish community. [96]

21

• Theoni V. Aldredge, 88, Greek-born American costume designer (Ghostbusters, Network, The First Wives Club). [97]
• Jay Garner, 82, American actor (Pennies from Heaven, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century), respiratory failure. [98]
• Tony Geiss, 86, American television writer and composer (Sesame Street), Emmy award winner, complications from a fall. [99]
• Emanuele Gerada, 90, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Nomentum, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland (1989–1995). [100]
• Herb Gray, 76, American-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers). [101]
• Barney F. Hajiro, 94, American soldier, was oldest living Medal of Honor recipient. [102]
• Wally Hughes, 76, English football coach. [103]
• Dennis Oppenheim, 72, American artist, liver cancer. [104]
• E. V. V. Satyanarayana, 54, Indian Telugu movie director, throat cancer and cardiac arrest. [105]

20

• Kenth Andersson, 66, Swedish middle-distance runner. [106]
• Maurice Brown, 91, British Royal Air Force fighter pilot. [107]
• Eduardo Davino, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palestrina (1997–2005). [108]
• Bruce Gordon, 94, American character actor (The Untouchables), after long illness. [109]
• Ernest McCulloch, 84, Canadian biologist. [110]
• Miesque, 27, French racehorse, euthanized. [111]
• F. A. Nettelbeck, 60, American poet. [112]
• Reynolds Price, 77, American author, professor at Duke University, heart attack. [113]
• John Jacob Rhodes III, 67, American politician, U.S. Representative from Arizona (1987–1993). [114]
• Eugénio Salessu, 87, Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malanje (1977–1998). [115]
• Sexy Cora, 23, German pornographic actress, complications from breast enlargement surgery. [116]
• Alan Uglow, 69, British-born American painter, lung cancer. [117]
• Gus Zernial, 87, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox), heart failure. [118]

19

• Neva Egan, 96, American First Lady of Alaska (1959–1966, 1970–1974), widow of William Allen Egan. [119]
• George Franck, 92, American football player (New York Giants). [120]
• Wayne R. Grisham, 88, American politician, Representative from California (1979–1983). [121]
• Mihai Ionescu, 74, Romanian footballer (Petrolul Ploieşti, Romania). [122] (Romanian)
• Jose Kusugak, 60, Canadian Inuit leader, bladder cancer. [123]
• Ramiro Saraiva Guerreiro, 92, Brazilian politician, Minister of External Relations (1979–1985). [124] (Portuguese)
• Wilfrid Sheed, 80, English-born American novelist and essayist, urosepsis. [125]
• Carla Swart, 23, South African cyclist, traffic accident. [126]
• Hira Devi Waiba, 71, Nepali folk singer, injuries from a fire. [127]
• Bob Young, 87, American news journalist and anchor (ABC World News). [128]

18

• Charlie Cowdrey, 77, American football coach (Illinois State University, Southwestern College). [129]
• George Crowe, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals). [130]
• Jerre Denoble, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League). [131]
• Eugenia Escudero, 96, Mexican Olympic fencer. [132] (Spanish)
• Duncan Hall, 85, Australian rugby league player. [133]
• John Herivel, 92, British codebreaker at Bletchley Park. [134]
• Antonín Kubálek, 75, Czech-born Canadian pianist, complications from a brain tumour. [135]
• Jim McManus, 70, American tennis player. [136]
• Cristian Paţurcă, 46, Romanian composer. [137] (body found on this date)
• Milton Rogovin, 101, American documentary photographer. [138]
• Jacques Sarr, 76, Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Thiès (since 1986). [139]
• Sargent Shriver, 95, American diplomat and politician, Ambassador to France (1968–1970), Vice Presidential nominee (1972), complications from Alzheimer's disease. [140]
• Edgar Tafel, 98, American architect. [141]

17

• MK Binodini, 88, Indian writer. [142]
• Brian Boobbyer, 82, English rugby union player and cricketer. [143]
• David Bradby, 68, British theatre scholar. [144]
• Sigurjón Brink, 36, Icelandic musician and singer, complications from a stroke. [145] (Icelandic)
• Sir Bernard Crossland, 87, British engineer, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast (1978–1982). [146]
• Perry Currin, 82, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns), heart failure. [147]
• Keith Davey, 84, Canadian politician and campaign organizer, Senator (1966–1996). [148]
• Gita Dey, 79, Indian actress, cardiac arrest. [149]
• Jean Dutourd, 91, French novelist. [150] (French)
• Vern Kaiser, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens). [151]
• Don Kirshner, 76, American record producer and songwriter, host of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, heart failure. [152]
• Robert W. Mackenzie, 82, Canadian labour organizer and politician, Ontario Minister of Labour (1990–1994). [153]
• John Ross, 72, American activist, author and journalist, liver cancer. [154]
• Shinichiro Sakurai, 81, Japanese automotive engineer. heart failure. [155] (Japanese)

16

• Augusto Algueró, 76, Spanish composer and conductor, cardiac arrest. [156]
• Miguel Ángel Álvarez, 88, Puerto Rican comedian and actor, respiratory failure. [157]
• Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, 94, British aristocrat and diplomat, Administrator of Saint Lucia (1958–1962), Governor of the Seychelles (1962–1967). [158]
• David Crowley, 72, American politician, cancer. [159]
• Hovhannes Bedros XVIII Kasparian, 83, Egyptian-born Lebanese Armenian Catholic prelate, Patriarch of Cilicia (1982–1998). [160]
• Milton Levine, 97, American entrepreneur, inventor of Uncle Milton's Ant Farm. [161]
• Steve Prestwich, 56, British-born Australian drummer (Cold Chisel, Little River Band) and songwriter, brain tumour. [162]
• Reinaldo Pünder, 72, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Coroatá (since 1978). [163]
• Stefka Yordanova, 64, Bulgarian sprinter and middle distance runner. [164]

15

• Kenneth Grant, 86, British occultist and writer, head of the Typhonian Order. [165]
• Roy Hartsfield, 85, American baseball player (Boston Braves) and first manager of Toronto Blue Jays, complications of liver cancer. [166]
• Harvey James, 58, Australian musician (Sherbet), lung cancer. [167]
• Michael Langham, 91, English stage director and actor, complications from a chest infection. [168]
• Romulus Linney, 80, American playwright, father of actress Laura Linney, lung cancer. [169]
• Nat Lofthouse, 85, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, England). [170]
• Ed Lowe, 64, American journalist (Newsday, The Long Island Press), liver cancer. [171]
• Mike Vibert, 60, Jersey politician, Minister for Education, Sport and Culture (2005–2008), heart attack. [172]
• Susannah York, 72, English actress (Tom Jones, Superman), bone marrow cancer. [173]
• Hilde Zach, 68, Austrian politician, Mayor of Innsbruck (2002–2010). [174] (German)
• Zeng Xianyi, 74, Chinese professor of legal history. [175] (Chinese)

14

• Sun Axelsson, 75, Swedish novelist. [176] (Swedish)
• Salvatore Cancemi, 68, Italian mafiosi, stroke. [177] (Italian)
• Georgia Carroll, 91, American fashion model and actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy). [178]
• David Coren, 93, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1969–1977). [179]
• Dr. Creep, 69, American television host. [180]
• Stephanie Glaser, 90, Swiss actress. [181] (German)
• Marty Gold, 95, American composer, pianist and bandleader. [182]
• Toshiyuki Hosokawa, 70, Japanese actor, acute subdural hematoma. [183]
• Liu Huaqing, 94, Chinese naval commander (1982–1988). [184]
• Peter Post, 77, Dutch cyclist, winner of the 1964 Paris–Roubaix event. [185] (Dutch)
• Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, 88, American health official and tribal leader, first woman to lead the Seminole tribe (1967–1971). [186]
• Ben Wada, 80, Japanese television director, esophageal cancer. [187]
• Mississippi Winn, 113, American supercentenarian, Louisiana's oldest person. [188]

13

• Wali Khan Babar, 29, Pakistani journalist, gunshot. [189]
• Alan Butler, 80, South African priest. [190]
• Frank Calabro, 86, Italian-born Australian transport operator and politician, MLC (1970–1988). [191]
• Mick Cremin, 87, Australian rugby union footballer. [192]
• Tuviah Friedman, 88, Israeli Nazi hunter. [193]
• Michel Gratton, 58, Canadian journalist, Press Secretary to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1984–1987). [194] (French)
• Albert Heijn, 83, Dutch entrepreneur, owner of the Albert Heijn supermarket chain. [195]
• Hellmut Lange, 87, German actor (Serenade for Two Spies, Diamond Safari). [196] (German)
• Charles Muscat, 48, Maltese footballer. [197]
• Prabhakar Panshikar, 79, Indian stage actor, after long illness. [198]
• Ellen Stewart, 91, American theater director. [199]
• Marian Woyna-Orlewicz, 97, Polish cross country skier. [200] (Polish)

12

• Clemar Bucci, 90, Argentine racing driver. [201] (Spanish)
• Hans Bütikofer, 95, Swiss Olympic silver medal-winning (1936) bobsledder. [202] (German)
• Howard Engleman, 91, American college basketball player. [203]
• Josephine Harris, 69, American bookkeeper, survivor of the September 11 attacks, heart attack. [204]
• Paul Picerni, 88, American actor (The Untouchables), heart attack. [205]
• Kenneth Stevenson, 61, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Portsmouth (1995–2009), cancer. [206]
• Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz, 52, American dog trainer (Bo) and author, respiratory distress. [207]

11

• Zoltán Berczik, 73, Hungarian table tennis player and coach. [208] (Hungarian)
• Ralph Campbell, 64, American politician, North Carolina state auditor (1992–2004), lung cancer. [209]
• Susana Chávez, 36, Mexican poet and human rights activist, strangled. [210] (death confirmed on this date)
• Egon Drews, 84, German Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) flatwater canoer. [211]
• Milan Ercegan, 95, Yugoslavian president of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (1972–2002). [212]
• Kozo Haraguchi, 100, Japanese track and field athlete, respiratory failure. [213] (Japanese)
• Audrey Lawson-Johnston, 95, American-born British RMS Lusitania passenger and last survivor. [214]
• Matti Mattson, 94, American veteran of the Spanish Civil War (Abraham Lincoln Brigade). [215]
• John Modinos, 84, Cypriot opera baritone, heart failure. [216]
• David Nelson, 74, American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), colon cancer. [217]
• Knut Olsen, 57, Norwegian journalist and television presenter, cancer. [218] (Norwegian)
• Won-il Rhee, 50, South Korean digital art curator, heart attack. [219] (German)
• Ze'ev Segal, 64, Israeli jurist and legal analyst. [220]
• Marcel Trudel, 93, Canadian historian and author, cancer. [221]

10

• Liana Alexandra, 63, Romanian music educator and composer. [222] (Romanian)
• Naseerullah Babar, 82, Pakistani soldier and politician, Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1976–1977) and Interior Minister (1993–1996). [223]
• Bill Bower, 93, American aviator, last surviving pilot of Doolittle Raid, complications from a fall. [224]
• John Dye, 47, American actor (Touched by an Angel), heart attack. [225]
• Dorothy Franey, 97, American Olympic speed skater. [226]
• Cookie Gilchrist, 75, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos), cancer. [227]
• Joe Gores, 79, American novelist and screenwriter. [228]
• John Gross, 75, British literary critic. [229]
• Miklós Hofer, 79, Hungarian architect. [230] (Hungarian)
• Bora Kostić, 80, Serbian footballer (Red Star Belgrade). [231] (Serbian)
• Gideon Njoku, 63, Nigerian footballer and coach, cardiac arrest. [232]
• Vivek Shauq, 47, Indian actor, comedian, writer and singer, heart attack. [233]
• A. W. B. Simpson, 79, British legal historian. [234]
• María Elena Walsh, 80, Argentine musician, poet and writer ("Manuelita la tortuga"), after long illness. [235]
• John J. Ward, 90, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (1963–1996). [236]
• Gary Whitbread, 53, British cricketer. [237]
• Margaret Whiting, 86, American pop singer ("A Tree in the Meadow", "Moonlight in Vermont"), natural causes. [238]

9

• Vítor Alves, 75, Portuguese soldier and politician, member of the MFA, responsible for the Carnation Revolution, cancer. [239] (Portuguese)
• Noel Andrews, 79, Irish boxing commentator. [240]
• Richard Butcher, 29, English footballer (Macclesfield Town), natural causes. [241]
• Ruth Cavin, 92, American mystery novel editor, lung cancer. [242]
• Debbie Friedman, 59, American songwriter, pneumonia. [243]
• Sir Ernest Lee-Steere, 98, Australian horse racing official, Lord Mayor of Perth (1972–1978). [244]
• Makinti Napanangka, 80s, Australian Papunya Tula artist. [245]
• Howard Wallace Pollock, 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from Alaska (1967–1971). [246]
• Dave Sisler, 79, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds), prostate cancer. [247]
• Jerzy Woźniak, 78, Polish footballer (Legia Warszawa). [248] (Polish)
• Peter Yates, 81, British film director and producer (Bullitt, Breaking Away, Krull). [249]

8

• Josep Artigas, 87, Spanish international footballer. [250] (Catalan)
• Joey Carew, 73, Trinidadian cricketer (West Indies), arteriosclerosis. [251]
• Willi Dansgaard, 88, Danish paleoclimatologist. [252]
• Jiří Dienstbier, 73, Czech politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1992). [253]
• Peter Donaldson, 58, Canadian actor (The Sweet Hereafter, Emily of New Moon, Road to Avonlea), lung cancer. [254]
• Hans Ulrich Engelmann, 89, German composer. [255] (German)
• Mike Gambrill, 75, British Olympic cyclist, bronze medalist (1956). [256]
• Oleg Grabar, 81, American Islamic art historian, heart failure. [257]
• Ángel Pedraza, 48, Spanish footballer and manager, cancer. [258] (Catalan)
• Manuel Pestana Filho, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Anápolis (1978–2004). [259]
• Juan Piquer Simón, 74, Spanish film director (Pieces, Slugs), lung cancer. [260]
• John Roll, 63, American jurist, shot. [261]
• Del Reisman, 86, American television producer (The Twilight Zone, The Untouchables) and writer, President of WGAW (1991–1993), cardiac arrest. [262]
• Elfa Secioria, 51, Indonesian jazz pianist. [263]
• Thorbjørn Svenssen, 86, Norwegian footballer, record 104 appearances for the national team, stroke. [264] (Norwegian)
• Morton Sweig, 95, American businessman. [265]
• Christopher Trumbo, 70, American screenwriter, kidney cancer. [266]
• William F. Walsh, 98, American politician, Mayor of Syracuse, New York (1961–1969), Congressman (1973–1979). [267]
• Moshe Yess, 67, Canadian composer and singer, cancer. [268]

7

• Red Borom, 95, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers). [269]
• Carlos Castro, 65, Portuguese journalist, bludgeoned. [270]
• Derek Gardner, 79, British vehicle and Formula One car designer. [271]
• George Harris, 77, American Olympic judoka, leukemia. [272]
• Bill Johnson, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals). [273]
• Krzysztof Kolberger, 60, Polish actor, cancer. [274] (Polish)
• Włodzimierz Ławniczak, 51, Polish journalist, Chairman of Telewizja Polska, after long illness. [275] (Polish)
• Val Puccio, 45, American professional wrestler. [276]
• Bobby Robinson, 93, American record producer. [277]
• Simona Senoner, 17, Italian ski jumper. [278]
• José Vidal, 70, Dominican baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Seattle Pilots), cancer. [279] (Spanish)

6

• Rudi Bass, Austrian-born American graphic artist, illustrator and writer. [280]
• John Bendor-Samuel, 81, British missionary and linguist, car accident. [281]
• Tom Cavanagh, 28, American ice hockey player (San Jose Sharks), blunt force trauma. [282]
• Susana Chávez, 36, Mexican poet and human rights activist, strangled. [283]
• Francisco de la Rosa, 44, Dominican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), after a long illness. [284]
• Ryne Duren, 81, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees). [285]
• Ohan Durian, 88, Armenian composer. [286]
• Gad Granach, 95, German memoirist, son of Alexander Granach. [287] (German)
• John D. Kendall. 93, American musical educator (Suzuki method), complications of a stroke. [288]
• Aron Kincaid, 70, American actor (The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini) and voice actor (Batman, The Transformers), heart failure. [289]
• Gary Mason, 48, British boxer, cycling collision. [290]
• Uche Okafor, 43, Nigerian footballer, murdered. [291]
• Andrzej Przeździecki, 84, Polish Olympic fencer and trainer. [292] (Polish)
• Anthony Seminerio, 75, American politician and convicted felon, member of the New York State Assembly (1979–2009). [293]
• Pyotr Sumin, 64, Russian politician, Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast (1996–2010). [294] (Russian)
• Donald J. Tyson, 80, American business executive, Chairman of Tyson Foods (1967–2001), cancer. [295]
• Vang Pao, 81, Lao army general and Hmong community leader, Commander of the Secret Army, pneumonia. [296]
• Reg Ward, 82, British developer, chief executive of London Docklands Development Corporation (1981–1987). [297]
• Dagmar Wilson, 94, American anti-nuclear activist, heart failure. [298]

5

• Jim Duncan, 86, American football player and coach. [299]
• Paul Egertson, 75, American Lutheran bishop, heart attack. [300]
• David Hart, 66, British political activist, author and playwright, motor neurone disease. [301]
• Lily Marinho, 89, Brazilian philanthropist, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, respiratory failure. [302] (Portuguese)
• Malangatana Ngwenya, 74, Mozambican poet and painter, after long illness. [303]
• Jack Ertle Oliver, 87, American scientist, provided seismic evidence supporting plate tectonics. [304]
• Helene Palmer, 82, British actress (Coronation Street). [305]
• Agustin Perdices, 76, Filipino politician, Governor of Negros Oriental (since 2010), stomach cancer. [306]
• Assar Rönnlund, 75, Swedish cross-country skier, world and Olympic champion. [307] (Swedish)
• Brian Rust, 88, British jazz discographer and music journalist. [308] (German)
• David G. Trager, 73, American jurist, pancreatic cancer. [309]
• Bill Zeller, 27, American computer programmer, injuries from a suicide attempt. [310]

4

• Mohamed Bouazizi, 26, Tunisian protestor, self-immolation. [311]
• Grady Chapman, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Robins), heart failure. [312]
• Chrysanth Chepil, 73, Russian Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Vyatka-Slobodskoy. [313] (Russian)
• B. H. Friedman, 84, American author and art critic, pneumonia. [314]
• Cyril M. Harris, 93, American acoustical engineer. [315]
• Hadayatullah Hübsch, 64, German journalist. [316] (German)
• Mick Karn, 52, Cypriot-born British musician (Japan), cancer. [317]
• Dick King-Smith, 88, British author (The Sheep-Pig, The Water Horse). [318]
• Gustavo Kupinski, 36, Argentine guitarist (Los Piojos), car crash. [319]
• Coen Moulijn, 73, Dutch footballer. [320]
• Ali-Reza Pahlavi, 44, Iranian royal, son of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, suicide by gunshot. [321]
• Ronald Parfitt, 97, British Olympic fencer. [322]
• Gerry Rafferty, 63, Scottish singer-songwriter (Stealers Wheel), liver failure. [323]
• Jack Richardson, 90, British chemical engineer. [324]
• Salmaan Taseer, 66, Pakistani politician, Governor of Punjab (since 2008), shot. [325]
• Bob Usdane, 74, American politician, member of the Arizona Senate (1977–1991), after a short illness. [326]

3

• Julia Bonds, 58, American activist, cancer. [327]
• Fadil Hadžić, 88, Croatian filmmaker, screenwriter, playwright and journalist. [328] (Croatian)
• Jill Haworth, 65, English actress (Exodus, In Harm's Way, Cabaret, The Outer Limits), natural causes. [329]
• Zbigniew Jaremski, 61, Polish athlete, 1976 Olympic silver medalist. [330] (Polish)
• Michael Kennelly, 96, Irish-born American Jesuit, President of Loyola University New Orleans (1970–1974), founder of Strake Jesuit College Prep. [331]
• Suchitra Mitra, 86, Indian singer, cardiac arrest. [332]
• Alfred Proksch, 102, Austrian athlete and graphic designer. [333] (German)
• Yosef Shiloach, 69, Israeli actor. [334]
• Anatoliy Skorokhod, 81, Ukrainian mathematician. [335]
• Paul Soldner, 89, American ceramicist. [336]
• Eva Strittmatter, 80, German writer. [337] (German)
• William Takaku, Papua New Guinean film and theatre actor, screenwriter and theatre director. [338]
• Stanley Tolliver, 85, American attorney and civil rights advocate. [339]
• Nakamura Tomijyuro V, 81, Japanese Kabuki actor, Living National Treasure. [340] (Japanese)
• Alec Woodall, 92, British politician, MP for Hemsworth (1974–1987). [341]

2

• Anna Anni, 84, Italian costume designer (Otello). [342]
• Bali Ram Bhagat, 88, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1976–1977) and Governor of Rajasthan (1993–1998). [343]
• Kate Ebli, 52, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2006–2010). [344]
• Anne Francis, 80, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, The Twilight Zone), pancreatic cancer. [345]
• Peter Hobbs, 92, French-born American character actor (Barney Miller, Lou Grant, The Odd Couple), after brief illness. [346]
• Hans Kalt, 86, Swiss rower, Olympic silver (1948) and bronze (1952) medalist. [347] (French)
• Émile Masson Jr., 95, Belgian cyclist, winner of Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne classic cycle races. [348]
• John Osborne, 74, Montserratian politician, Chief Minister (1978–1991; 2001–2006), after long illness. [349]
• Pete Postlethwaite, 64, British actor (In the Name of the Father, Inception, The Usual Suspects), pancreatic cancer. [350]
• William R. Ratchford, 76, American politician, U.S. Representative from Connecticut (1979–1985), complications from Parkinson's disease. [351]
• Miriam Seegar, 103, American silent film actress and interior designer. [352]
• Patricia Smith, 80, American actress (The Spirit of St. Louis, The Bob Newhart Show, The Debbie Reynolds Show), heart failure. [353]
• Margot Stevenson, 98, American stage and radio actress (The Shadow). [354]
• Szeto Wah, 79, Hong Kong political activist, lung cancer. [355]
• Robert Trumble, 91, Australian writer and musician. [356]
• Richard Winters, 92, American army officer and World War II veteran, basis of book and miniseries Band of Brothers, Parkinson's disease. [357]

1

• Nikolay Abramov, 26, Russian footballer. [358] (Russian)
• Georgiy Ball, 83, Russian writer. [359] (Russian)
• Branko Bokun, 90, Yugoslavian writer. [360]
• Peter Branson, 86, British admiral. [361]
• Sir Robin Carnegie, 84, British army general. [362]
• Marin Constantin, 85, Romanian musician, conductor and composer. [363] (Romanian)
• Charles Fambrough, 60, American jazz musician and composer. [364]
• Gil Garfield, 77, American songwriter and musician (The Cheers), cancer. [365]
• Bruce Halliday, 84, Canadian physician and politician, MP for Oxford (1974–1993). [366]
• Gerd Michael Henneberg, 88, German actor. [367] (German)
• Flemming Jørgensen, 63, Danish actor and musician (Bamses Venner), heart attack. [368] (Danish)
• Verne Langdon, 69, American musician, record producer and make-up artist. [369]
• John Olguin, 89, American aquarium official, director of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (1949–1987). [370]
• Billy Joe Patton, 88, American golfer. [371]
• Louise Reiss, 90, American physician, co-ordinator of the Baby Tooth Survey. [372]
• John Rice, 92, American baseball umpire (1955–1973). [373]
• Faizal Yusof, 32, Malaysian actor, heart attack. [374]